Chapter 27 on Environmental Protection in Serbia's EU accession negotiations clearly states that 'No progress has been made in the field of noise in Serbia. What is needed is strategic planning, strengthening capacities and more investments…’. Motivated by these requirements and relying also on the national priorities for Serbia defined by the Erasmus+ Key Action 2 CBHE, this SENVIBE project aims to improve national educational capacities and to build cooperation and competences in dealing with Noise and Vibration engineering issues. Of interest is not only Noise and Vibration Engineering, but also Environmental Noise and Vibration as well as Occupational Noise and Vibration.To achieve this wider aim, the SENVIBE project sets out four specific objectives. They include modernising the existing courses or developing new ones in Noise and Vibration for students of different engineering disciplines, introducing innovative LLL courses as well as developing, accrediting and implementing a new MSc programme in Vibro-Acoustic Engineering, enriched with e- and b-learning methodologies. To launch and facilitate strategic cooperation among the key stakeholders - academia, local industry and local and national authorities, a No&Vib (Noise and Vibration) Hub will be established.The SENVIBE project will have a strong impact on the increased competences of the Serbian teachers, technicians and future engineers in the Noise and Vibration fields, on the level of technical equipping of Serbian HEIs as modern equipment will be procured, activated and used, as well as on the creation of an innovative framework for cooperation between stakeholders for their mutual benefit, but also for the benefit of the society at large.
Four SENVIBE Objectives were set, as follows: O1) Modernizing the existing modules (courses) or developing new ones in No&Vib for undergraduate students of different engineering study programmes; O2) Developing and implementing LLL courses in No&Vib in Serbia; O3) Developing, accrediting and implementing a new MSc programme in Vibro-Acoustic Engineering; O4) Establishing a No&Vib Hub - a unit facilitating strategic cooperation among stakeholders from various sectors in No&Vib fields in Serbia.
The World Health Organisation declares noise as the second largest environmental cause of health problems. The field of noise is also criticized in Chapter on Environmental Protection in Serbia's EU accession negotiations. Thus, the wider aim of the SENVIBE project was to improve national educational capacities and cooperation in dealing with Noise and Vibration (No&Vib) engineering issues in accordance with global challenges, EU integration strategies and the needs identified in Serbia.
<< Background >> The World Health Organisation declares noise as the second largest environmental cause of health problems. The field of noise is also criticized in Chapter on Environmental Protection in Serbia's EU accession negotiations. Thus, the wider aim of the SENVIBE project was to improve national educational capacities and cooperation in dealing with Noise and Vibration (No&Vib) engineering issues in accordance with global challenges, EU integration strategies and the needs identified in Serbia. << Objectives >> Four SENVIBE Objectives were set, as follows: O1) Modernizing the existing modules (courses) or developing new ones in No&Vib for undergraduate students of different engineering study programmes; O2) Developing and implementing LLL courses in No&Vib in Serbia; O3) Developing, accrediting and implementing a new MSc programme in Vibro-Acoustic Engineering; O4) Establishing a No&Vib Hub - a unit facilitating strategic cooperation among stakeholders from various sectors in No&Vib fields in Serbia. << Implementation >> The project was implemented via 9 Work Packages (WPs) with 43 Tasks during 4 years (15 Nov 2018 - 14 Nov 2022). The SENVIBE consortium consisted of 4 Serbian HEIs (3 public universities and 1 private university, located in different parts of Serbia), 2 HEIs from Europe (UK and Sweden) and 3 non-academic partners from Serbia, whose participation and contributions were seen to be crucial for successful achievement of the wider aim related to cooperation as well as Objectives 2 and 4. << Results >> - New and updates modules of 6 types of study programmes with 1394 students included in implementation;- MSc in Vibro-Acoustic Engineering accredited and implemented (30 students overall);- 2 types of LLL courses developed with 119 trainees;- No&Vib Hub established with 45 members so far;- 4 Serbian HEIs got modern equipment;- 6 trainings and 7 workshops held;- Learning and teaching materials developed for academic and non-academic users;- e-SENVIBE Moodle set up for 4 types of users.